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Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth by Reza Aslan

Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth

Reza Aslan

296 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0kinglysarah's review
nonfiction biography history religion challenging medium-paced
A Walk Across the Sun by Corban Addison

A Walk Across the Sun

Corban Addison

371 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0kinglysarah's review
fiction contemporary historical emotional reflective fast-paced
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

Bessel van der Kolk

501 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0kinglysarah's review
nonfiction health psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Shoot Like a Girl: One Woman's Dramatic Fight in Afghanistan and on the Home Front by Mary Jennings Hegar

Shoot Like a Girl: One Woman's Dramatic Fight in Afghanistan and on the Home Front

Mary Jennings Hegar

292 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0kinglysarah's review
nonfiction biography memoir emotional informative inspiring fast-paced
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

Charles C. Mann

541 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0kinglysarah's review
nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn

A People's History of the United States

Howard Zinn

729 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

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nonfiction history politics reference informative reflective medium-paced
No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban, and the War Through Afghan Eyes by Anand Gopal

No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban, and the War Through Afghan Eyes

Anand Gopal

320 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0kinglysarah's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective fast-paced
The Linguist and the Emperor: Napoleon and Champollion's Quest to Decipher the Rosetta Stone by Daniel Meyerson

The Linguist and the Emperor: Napoleon and Champollion's Quest to Decipher the Rosetta Stone

Daniel Meyerson

271 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0kinglysarah's review
nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery by Richard Hollingham

Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery

Richard Hollingham

320 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0kinglysarah's review
nonfiction history dark informative reflective fast-paced
The Martian by Andy Weir

The Martian

The Martian #1

Andy Weir

369 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0kinglysarah's review
fiction science fiction thriller adventurous funny tense medium-paced